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> My original claim does nothing of the sort. All it aims to do, with basic calculus, is that the $99/year is unlikely to cover just the App Review part of the distribution pipeline, much less the entire distribution pipeline.

My claim is that Apple's arbitrary bundling of dozens of features is nonsense, and from a technical perspective entirely pointless. Apple's App Store review is part of their App Store, it should be covered in costs related to distribution instead of their developer fee. Similarly, nobody should be excusing Apple's 30% payment processing tax with "framework" discussion because that's included in the price of the device. Apple is shamelessly milking distribution revenue, dead-set on a collision course with regulators.